EP4247109A2 - Bestimmung der midamble-periodizität nach ppdu-format - Google Patents

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EP4247109A2
EP4247109A2 EP23189432.0A EP23189432A EP4247109A2 EP 4247109 A2 EP4247109 A2 EP 4247109A2 EP 23189432 A EP23189432 A EP 23189432A EP 4247109 A2 EP4247109 A2 EP 4247109A2
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  • the technology described herein relates generally to wireless networking. More particularly, the technology relates to determining parameters of a received transmission wherein mid-ambles are used to improve the reception of the transmission.
  • WLAN devices are currently being deployed in diverse environments. Some of these environments have large numbers of access points (APs) and non-AP stations in geographically limited areas.
  • WLAN devices are increasingly required to support a variety of applications such as video, cloud access, and offloading.
  • video traffic is expected to be the dominant type of traffic in many high efficiency WLAN deployments.
  • WLAN users demand improved performance in delivering their applications, including improved power consumption for battery-operated devices.
  • a WLAN is being standardized by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Part 11 under the name of "Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications.”
  • IEEE Std 802.11 TM -2012 December 2012
  • IEEE 802.11n IEEE Std 802.11 was subsequently amended by IEEE Std 802.11ae TM -2012, IEEE Std 802.11aa TM -2012, IEEE Std 802.11ad TM -2012, and IEEE Std 802.11ac TM -2013 (IEEE 802.11ac).
  • the IEEE 802.11ax task group focuses on improving metrics that reflect user experience, such as average per station throughput, the 5th percentile of per station throughput of a group of stations, and area throughput. Improvements may be made to support environments such as wireless corporate offices, outdoor hotspots, dense residential apartments, and stadiums.
  • channel conditions may change during the communication of a data unit. For example, when non-AP stations are moving with respect to the AP, the Doppler effect may alter the channel conditions.
  • mid-ambles may be inserted in a data portion of a communication to allow channel estimation to be performed by the receiving device during the reception of the data portion. The presence of mid-ambles into the data portion may alter how the receiving device determines some of the parameters of the communication.
  • a method performed by a wireless device comprises receiving a first portion of a PHY Protocol Data Unit (PPDU), the first portion including a Legacy Signal (L-SIG) field, decoding the L-SIG field, and determining a format of the PPDU using the first portion.
  • the method performs receiving and decoding an HE Signal A (HE-SIG-A) field, and determining, using a Doppler field of the HE-SIG-A field, whether the PPDU includes mid-ambles.
  • HE High Efficiency
  • the method performs determining, according to the format of the PPDU and using first information determined using the HE-SIG-A field and second information determined using the L-SIG field, a number of mid-ambles N MA indicating the number of mid-ambles included in a data field of the PPDU, determining, using the number of the mid-ambles N MA , a number of data symbols N SYM included in the data field of the PPDU, and receiving, using the number of mid-ambles N MA and the number of data symbols N SYM , the data field of the PPDU.
  • a wireless device comprises a receiver and a processor.
  • the processor is configured to perform receiving, using the receiver, a first portion of a PHY Protocol Data Unit (PPDU), the first portion including a Legacy Signal (L-SIG) field, decoding the L-SIG field, and determining a format of the PPDU using the first portion.
  • the processor is further configure to, in response to determining that the format of the PPDU is a High Efficiency (HE) format, perform receiving and decoding an HE Signal A (HE-SIG-A) field, and determining, using a Doppler field of the HE-SIG-A field, whether the PPDU includes mid-ambles.
  • HE High Efficiency
  • the processor is further configure to, in response to determining that the PPDU includes mid-ambles, perform determining, according to the format of the PPDU and using first information determined using the HE-SIG-A field and second information determined using the L-SIG field, a number of mid-ambles N MA indicating the number of mid-ambles included in a data field of the PPDU, determining, using the number of the mid-ambles, a number of data symbols N SYM included in the data field of the PPDU, and receiving, using the number of mid-ambles N MA and the number of data symbols N SYM , the data field of the PPDU.
  • the first information includes a Packet Extension (PE) Disambiguity bit value b PE-Disambiguity , a number of HE Long Training Fields (HE-LTFs) value N HE-LTF , an HE-LTF duration including guard interval T HE-LTF , and a data symbol duration T SYM , and a mid-amble periodicity M.
  • PE Packet Extension
  • HE-LTFs HE Long Training Fields
  • T SYM data symbol duration
  • the first information further includes a preamble duration T PA according to the format of the PPDU, the HE-LTF duration T HE-LTF , and the number of HE-LTFs value N HE-LTF .
  • the first information further includes a mid-amble duration T MA .
  • the second information includes a Length field value L_LENGTH.
  • ⁇ is 1.
  • the technology described herein relates generally to wireless networking. More particularly, the technology relates to communication of PHY Protocol Data Units (PPDUs) including data fields wherein the data field include mid-ambles.
  • PPDUs PHY Protocol Data Units
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a wireless network according to an embodiment.
  • the wireless networks includes an infrastructure Basic Service Set (BSS) 100 of a Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN).
  • BSS provides the basic organizational unit and typically includes an Access Point (AP) and one or more associated stations (STAs).
  • AP Access Point
  • STAs stations
  • the first BSS 100 includes an Access Point 102 (also referred to as AP) wirelessly communicating with first, second, third, and fourth wireless devices (or stations) 104, 106, 108, and 110 (also referred to as stations STA1, STA2, STA3, and STA4, respectively).
  • the wireless devices may each include a medium access control (MAC) layer and a physical (PHY) layer according to an IEEE 802.11 standard.
  • MAC medium access control
  • PHY physical
  • FIG. 1 shows the first BSS 100 including only the first to fourth stations STA1 to STA4, embodiments are not limited thereto and may comprise BSSs including any number of stations.
  • the AP 102 is a station, that is, a STA, configured to control and coordinate functions of the BSS 100.
  • the AP 102 may transmit information to a single station selected from the plurality of stations STA1 to STA4 in the first BSS 100 using a single frame, or may simultaneously transmit information to two or more of the stations STA1 to STA4 in the first BSS 100 using either a single Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) broadcast frame, a single OFDM Multi-User Multi-Input-Multi-Output (MU-MIMO) transmission, a single Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) frame, or a single MU-MIMO OFDMA frame.
  • OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
  • MU-MIMO OFDM Multi-User Multi-Input-Multi-Output
  • OFDMA Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access
  • the stations STA1 to STA4 may each transmit data to the AP 102 using a single frame, or transmit information to and receive information from each other using a single frame. Two or more of the stations STA1 to STA4 may simultaneously transmit data to the AP 102 using an Uplink (UL) OFDMA frame, an UL MU-MIMO frame, or an UL MU-MIMO OFDMA frame.
  • UL Uplink
  • the AP 102 may be absent and the stations STA1 to STA4 may be in an ad-hoc network.
  • FIG. 1 shows a first Down-Link (DL) transmission 114 and a first Up-Link (UL) transmission 112 of the first BSS 100.
  • DL Down-Link
  • UL Up-Link
  • Each of the stations STA1 to STA4 and the AP 102 includes a processor and one or more transceiver circuits, and may further include a user interface and a display device.
  • the processor is configured to generate a frame to be transmitted through a wireless network, to process a frame received through the wireless network, and to execute protocols of the wireless network.
  • the processor may perform some or all of its functions by executing computer programming instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium.
  • the transceiver represents a unit functionally connected to the processor, and designed to transmit and receive a frame through the wireless network.
  • the transceiver may include a single component that performs the functions of transmitting and receiving, or two separate components each performing one of such functions.
  • the processor and transceiver of the stations STA1 to STA4 and the AP 102 may be respectively implemented using hardware components, software components, or both.
  • the first AP 102 may be or include a WLAN router, a stand-alone Access Point, a WLAN bridge, a Light-Weight Access Point (LWAP) managed by a WLAN controller, and the like.
  • a device such as a personal computer, tablet computer, or cellular phone may configured to be able to operate as the AP 102, such as when a cellular phone is configured to operate as a wireless "hot spot.”
  • Each of the stations STA1 to STA4 may be or may include a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a tablet PC, a wireless phone, a mobile phone, a smart phone, an e-book reader, a Portable Multimedia Player (PMP), a portable game console, a navigation system, a digital camera, a Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) player, a digital audio recorder, a digital audio player, a digital picture recorder, a digital picture player, a digital video recorder, a digital video player, and the like.
  • PMP Portable Multimedia Player
  • DMB Digital Multimedia Broadcasting
  • the present disclosure may be applied to WLAN systems according to IEEE 802.11 standards but embodiments are not limited thereto.
  • a management frame may be a frame used for exchanging management information that is not forwarded to a higher layer of a communication protocol stack.
  • a control frame may be a frame used for controlling access to a medium.
  • a data frame may be a frame used for transmitting data to be forwarded to the higher layer of the communication protocol stack.
  • a type and subtype of a frame may be identified using a type field and/or a subtype field included in a control field of the frame, as prescribed in the applicable standard.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a schematic block diagram of a wireless device 200 according to an embodiment.
  • the wireless or WLAN device 200 may be included in the AP 102 or any of the stations STA1 to STA4 in FIG. 1 .
  • the WLAN device 200 includes a baseband processor 210, a radio frequency (RF) transceiver 240, an antenna unit 250, a storage device (e.g., memory) 232, one or more input interfaces 234, and one or more output interfaces 236.
  • the baseband processor 210, the memory 232, the input interfaces 234, the output interfaces 236, and the RF transceiver 240 may communicate with each other via a bus 260.
  • the baseband processor 210 performs baseband signal processing, and includes a MAC processor 212 and a PHY processor 222.
  • the baseband processor 210 may utilize the memory 232, which may include a non-transitory computer readable medium having software (e.g., computer programing instructions) and data stored therein.
  • the MAC processor 212 includes a MAC software processing unit 214 and a MAC hardware processing unit 216.
  • the MAC software processing unit 214 may implement a first plurality of functions of the MAC layer by executing MAC software, which may be included in the software stored in the memory 232.
  • the MAC hardware processing unit 216 may implement a second plurality of functions of the MAC layer in special-purpose hardware.
  • the MAC processor 212 is not limited thereto.
  • the MAC processor 212 may be configured to perform the first and second plurality of functions entirely in software or entirely in hardware according to an implementation.
  • the PHY processor 222 includes a transmitting signal processing unit (SPU) 224 and a receiving SPU 226.
  • the PHY processor 222 implements a plurality of functions of the PHY layer. These functions may be performed in software, hardware, or a combination thereof according to an implementation.
  • Functions performed by the transmitting SPU 224 may include one or more of Forward Error Correction (FEC) encoding, stream parsing into one or more spatial streams, diversity encoding of the spatial streams into a plurality of space-time streams, spatial mapping of the space-time streams to transmit chains, inverse Fourier Transform (iFT) computation, Cyclic Prefix (CP) insertion to create a Guard Interval (GI), and the like.
  • Functions performed by the receiving SPU 226 may include inverses of the functions performed by the transmitting SPU 224, such as GI removal, Fourier Transform computation, and the like.
  • the RF transceiver 240 includes an RF transmitter 242 and an RF receiver 244.
  • the RF transceiver 240 is configured to transmit first information received from the baseband processor 210 to the WLAN, and provide second information received from the WLAN to the baseband processor 210.
  • the antenna unit 250 includes one or more antennas.
  • MIMO Multiple-Input Multiple-Output
  • MU-MIMO Multi-User MIMO
  • the antenna unit 250 may include a plurality of antennas.
  • the antennas in the antenna unit 250 may operate as a beam-formed antenna array.
  • the antennas in the antenna unit 250 may be directional antennas, which may be fixed or steerable.
  • the input interfaces 234 receive information from a user, and the output interfaces 236 output information to the user.
  • the input interfaces 234 may include one or more of a keyboard, keypad, mouse, touchscreen, microphone, and the like.
  • the output interfaces 236 may include one or more of a display device, touch screen, speaker, and the like.
  • WLAN device 200 may be implemented in either hardware or software. Which functions are implemented in software and which functions are implemented in hardware will vary according to constraints imposed on a design. The constraints may include one or more of design cost, manufacturing cost, time to market, power consumption, available semiconductor technology, and so on.
  • the WLAN device 200 may include other components, such as application processors, storage interfaces, clock generator circuits, power supply circuits, and the like, which have been omitted in the interest of brevity.
  • FIG. 3A illustrates components of a wireless device configured to transmit data according to an embodiment, including a Transmitting (Tx) SPU (TxSP) 324, an RF transmitter 342, and an antenna 352.
  • Tx Transmitting
  • TxSP Transmitting SPU
  • RF transmitter 342 RF transmitter
  • antenna 352 the transmitting SPU 224, the RF transmitter 242, and an antenna of the antenna unit 250 of FIG. 2 , respectively.
  • the TxSP 324 includes an encoder 300, an interleaver 302, a mapper 304, an inverse Fourier transformer (IFT) 306, and a guard interval (GI) inserter 308.
  • IFT inverse Fourier transformer
  • GI guard interval
  • the encoder 300 receives and encodes input data DATA.
  • the encoder 300 includes a forward error correction (FEC) encoder.
  • the FEC encoder may include a binary convolutional code (BCC) encoder followed by a puncturing device.
  • the FEC encoder may include a low-density parity-check (LDPC) encoder.
  • the TxSP 324 may further include a scrambler for scrambling the input data before the encoding is performed by the encoder 300 to reduce the probability of long sequences of 0s or 1s.
  • the TxSP 324 may further include an encoder parser for demultiplexing the scrambled bits among a plurality of BCC encoders. If LDPC encoding is used in the encoder, the TxSP 324 may not use the encoder parser.
  • the interleaver 302 interleaves the bits of each stream output from the encoder 300 to change an order of bits therein.
  • the interleaver 302 may apply the interleaving only when the encoder 300 performs the BCC encoding, and otherwise may output the stream output from the encoder 300 without changing the order of the bits therein.
  • the mapper 304 maps the sequence of bits output from the interleaver 302 to constellation points. If the encoder 300 performed LDPC encoding, the mapper 304 may also perform LDPC tone mapping in addition to the constellation mapping.
  • the TxSP 324 may include a plurality of interleavers 302 and a plurality of mappers 304 according to a number of spatial streams (NSS) of the transmission.
  • the TxSP 324 may further include a stream parser for dividing the output of the encoder 300 into blocks and may respectively send the blocks to different interleavers 302 or mappers 304.
  • the TxSP 324 may further include a space-time block code (STBC) encoder for spreading the constellation points from the spatial streams into a number of space-time streams (NSTS) and a spatial mapper for mapping the space-time streams to transmit chains.
  • STBC space-time block code
  • the spatial mapper may use direct mapping, spatial expansion, or beamforming.
  • the IFT 306 converts a block of the constellation points output from the mapper 304 (or, when MIMO or MU-MIMO is performed, the spatial mapper) to a time domain block (i.e., a symbol) by using an inverse discrete Fourier transform (IDFT) or an inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT). If the STBC encoder and the spatial mapper are used, the IFT 306 may be provided for each transmit chain.
  • IDFT inverse discrete Fourier transform
  • IFFT inverse fast Fourier transform
  • the TxSP 324 may insert cyclic shift diversities (CSDs) to prevent unintentional beamforming.
  • CSDs cyclic shift diversities
  • the TxSP 324 may perform the insertion of the CSD before or after the IFT 306.
  • the CSD may be specified per transmit chain or may be specified per space-time stream. Alternatively, the CSD may be applied as a part of the spatial mapper.
  • some blocks before the spatial mapper may be provided for each user.
  • the GI inserter 308 prepends a GI to each symbol produced by the IFT 306.
  • Each GI may include a Cyclic Prefix (CP) corresponding to a repeated portion of the end of the symbol that the GI precedes.
  • the TxSP 324 may optionally perform windowing to smooth edges of each symbol after inserting the GI.
  • the RF transmitter 342 converts the symbols into an RF signal and transmits the RF signal via the antenna 352.
  • the TxSP 324 performs a MIMO or MU-MIMO transmission
  • the GI inserter 308 and the RF transmitter 342 may be provided for each transmit chain.
  • FIG. 3B illustrates components of a wireless device configured to receive data according to an embodiment, including a Receiver (Rx) SPU (RxSP) 326, an RF receiver 344, and an antenna 354.
  • Rx Receiver
  • RxSP Receiver
  • RF receiver 344 RF receiver 344
  • antenna 354 the RxSP 326, RF receiver 344, and antenna 354 may correspond to the receiving SPU 226, the RF receiver 244, and an antenna of the antenna unit 250 of FIG. 2 , respectively.
  • the RxSP 326 includes a GI remover 318, a Fourier transformer (FT) 316, a demapper 314, a deinterleaver 312, and a decoder 310.
  • the RF receiver 344 receives an RF signal via the antenna 354 and converts the RF signal into symbols.
  • the GI remover 318 removes the GI from each of the symbols.
  • the RF receiver 344 and the GI remover 318 may be provided for each receive chain.
  • the FT 316 converts each symbol (that is, each time domain block) into a frequency domain block of constellation points by using a discrete Fourier transform (DFT) or a fast Fourier transform (FFT).
  • DFT discrete Fourier transform
  • FFT fast Fourier transform
  • the FT 316 may be provided for each receive chain.
  • the RxSP 326 may include a spatial demapper for converting the respective outputs of the FTs 316 of the receiver chains to constellation points of a plurality of space-time streams, and an STBC decoder for despreading the constellation points from the space-time streams into one or more spatial streams.
  • the demapper 314 demaps the constellation points output from the FT 316 or the STBC decoder to bit streams. If the received transmission was encoded using the LDPC encoding, the demapper 314 may further perform LDPC tone demapping before performing the constellation demapping.
  • the deinterleaver 312 deinterleaves the bits of each stream output from the demapper 314.
  • the deinterleaver 312 may perform the deinterleaving only when the received transmission was encoded using the BCC encoding, and otherwise may output the stream output by the demapper 314 without performing deinterleaving.
  • the RxSP 326 may use a plurality of demappers 314 and a plurality of deinterleavers 312 corresponding to the number of spatial streams of the transmission.
  • the RxSP 326 may further include a stream deparser for combining the streams output from the deinterleavers 312.
  • the decoder 310 decodes the streams output from the deinterleaver 312 or the stream deparser.
  • the decoder 312 includes an FEC decoder.
  • the FEC decoder may include a BCC decoder or an LDPC decoder.
  • the RxSP 326 may further include a descrambler for descrambling the decoded data.
  • the RxSP 326 may further include an encoder deparser for multiplexing the data decoded by a plurality of BCC decoders.
  • the RxSP 326 may not use the encoder deparser.
  • wireless devices such as wireless device 200 will assess the availability of the wireless medium using Clear Channel Assessment (CCA). If the medium is occupied, CCA may determine that it is busy, while if the medium is available, CCA determines that it is idle.
  • CCA Clear Channel Assessment
  • the PHY entity for IEEE Std 802.11 is based on Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) or Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA).
  • OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
  • OFDMA Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access
  • a STA is capable of transmitting and receiving Physical Layer Protocol Data Units (PPDUs) that are compliant with the mandatory PHY specifications.
  • PPDUs Physical Layer Protocol Data Units
  • a PHY specification defines a set of Modulation and Coding Schemes (MCS) and a maximum number of spatial streams.
  • MCS Modulation and Coding Schemes
  • Some PHY entities define downlink (DL) and uplink (UL) Multi-User (MU) transmissions having a maximum number of space-time streams (STS) per user and employing up to a predetermined total number of STSs.
  • DL downlink
  • UL uplink
  • MU Multi-User
  • FIG. 4 illustrates Inter-Frame Space (IFS) relationships.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates a Short IFS (SIFS), a Point Coordination Function (PCF) IFS (PIFS), a Distributed Coordination Function (DCF) IFS (DIFS), and an Arbitration IFSs corresponding to an Access Category (AC) 'i' (AIFS[i]).
  • SIFS Short IFS
  • PCF Point Coordination Function
  • DCF Distributed Coordination Function
  • AC Access Category
  • AIFS[i] Arbitration IFSs corresponding to an Access Category
  • FIG. 4 also illustrates a slot time.
  • a data frame is used for transmission of data forwarded to a higher layer.
  • the WLAN device transmits the data frame after performing backoff if a DIFS has elapsed during which DIFS the medium has been idle.
  • a management frame is used for exchanging management information, which is not forwarded to the higher layer.
  • Subtype frames of the management frame include a beacon frame, an association request/response frame, a probe request/response frame, and an authentication request/response frame.
  • a control frame is used for controlling access to the medium.
  • Subtype frames of the control frame include a request to send (RTS) frame, a clear to send (CTS) frame, and an acknowledgement (ACK) frame.
  • RTS request to send
  • CTS clear to send
  • ACK acknowledgement
  • the WLAN device transmits the control frame after performing backoff if a DIFS has elapsed during which DIFS the medium has been idle.
  • the control frame is the response frame of another frame
  • the WLAN device transmits the control frame after a SIFS has elapsed without performing backoff or checking whether the medium is idle.
  • a WLAN device that supports a Quality of Service (QoS) functionality may transmit the frame after performing backoff if an AIFS for an associated access category (AC), (AIFS[AC]), has elapsed.
  • QoS Quality of Service
  • AC access category
  • any of the data frame, the management frame, and the control frame which is not the response frame may use the AIFS[AC] of the AC of the transmitted frame.
  • a WLAN device may perform a backoff procedure when the WLAN device that is ready to transfer a frame finds the medium busy.
  • a WLAN device operating according to the IEEE 802.1 1n and 802.1 1ac standards may perform the backoff procedure when the WLAN device infers that a transmission of a frame by the WLAN device has failed.
  • the backoff procedure includes determining a random backoff time composed of N backoff slots, each backoff slot having a duration equal to a slot time and N being an integer number greater than or equal to zero.
  • the backoff time may be determined according to a length of a Contention Window (CW). In an embodiment, the backoff time may be determined according to an AC of the frame. All backoff slots occur following a DIFS or Extended IFS (EIFS) period during which the medium is determined to be idle for the duration of the period.
  • DIFS DIFS
  • EIFS Extended IFS
  • the backoff procedure shall decrement the backoff time by the slot time.
  • the backoff procedure is suspended until the medium is again determined to be idle for the duration of a DIFS or EIFS period.
  • the WLAN device may perform transmission or retransmission of the frame when the backoff timer reaches zero.
  • the backoff procedure operates so that when multiple WLAN devices are deferring and execute the backoff procedure, each WLAN device may select a backoff time using a random function, and the WLAN device selecting the smallest backoff time may win the contention, reducing the probability of a collision.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates a Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance (CSMA/CA) based frame transmission procedure for avoiding collision between frames in a channel according to an embodiment.
  • FIG. 5 shows a first station STA1 transmitting data, a second station STA2 receiving the data, and a third station STA3 that may be located in an area where a frame transmitted from the STA1, a frame transmitted from the second station STA2, or both can be received.
  • the stations STA1, STA2, and STA3 may be WLAN devices.
  • the STA1 may determine whether the channel is busy by carrier sensing.
  • the STA1 may determine the channel occupation based on an energy level in the channel or an autocorrelation of signals in the channel, or may determine the channel occupation by using a network allocation vector (NAV) timer.
  • NAV network allocation vector
  • the STA1 may transmit a Ready-To-Send (RTS) frame to the second station STA2.
  • RTS Ready-To-Send
  • the second station STA2 may transmit a Clear-To-Send (CTS) frame as a response of the RTS frame.
  • CTS Clear-To-Send
  • the AP may send two CTS frames in response to the RTS frame: a first CTS frame in the legacy non-HT format, and a second CTS frame in the HT format.
  • the third station STA3 When the third station STA3 receives the RTS frame, it may set a NAV timer of the third station STA3 for a transmission duration of subsequently transmitted frames (for example, a duration of SIFS + CTS frame duration + SIFS + data frame duration + SIFS + ACK frame duration) using duration information included in the RTS frame.
  • a NAV timer of the third station STA3 For example, a duration of SIFS + CTS frame duration + SIFS + data frame duration + SIFS + ACK frame duration
  • the third station STA3 When the third station STA3 receives the CTS frame, it may set the NAV timer of the third station STA3 for a transmission duration of subsequently transmitted frames using duration information included in the CTS frame.
  • the third station STA3 Upon receiving a new frame before the NAV timer expires, the third station STA3 may update the NAV timer of the third station STA3 by using duration information included in the new frame. The third station STA3 does not attempt to access
  • the STA1 When the STA1 receives the CTS frame from the second station STA2, it may transmit a data frame to the second station STA2 after SIFS elapses from a time when the CTS frame has been completely received. Upon successfully receiving the data frame, the second station STA2 may transmit an ACK frame as a response of the data frame after SIFS elapses.
  • the third station STA3 may determine whether the channel is busy using the carrier sensing. Upon determining that the channel is not used by other devices during a DIFS after the NAV timer has expired, the third station STA3 may attempt to access the channel after a contention window according to a backoff process elapses.
  • a station that has obtained a transmission opportunity (TXOP) and that has no data to transmit may transmit a CF-End frame to cut short the TXOP.
  • An AP receiving a CF-End frame having a Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) of the AP as a destination address may respond by transmitting two more CF-End frames: a first CF-End frame using Space Time Block Coding (STBC) and a second CF-End frame using non-STBC.
  • STBC Space Time Block Coding
  • a station receiving a CF-End frame resets its NAV timer to 0 at the end of the PPDU containing the CF-End frame.
  • FIG. 5 shows the second station STA2 transmitting an ACK frame to acknowledge the successful reception of a frame by the recipient.
  • the PHY entity for IEEE Std 802.11 is based on Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) or Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA).
  • OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
  • OFDMA Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access
  • a STA is capable of transmitting and receiving PHY Protocol Data Units (PPDUs) that are compliant with the mandatory PHY specifications.
  • PPDUs PHY Protocol Data Units
  • a PHY entity may provide support for 20 MHz, 40 MHz, 80 MHz, and 160 MHz contiguous channel widths and support for an 80+80 MHz non-contiguous channel width.
  • Each channel includes a plurality of subcarriers, which may also be referred to as tones.
  • a PHY entity may define fields denoted as Legacy Signal (L-SIG), Signal A (SIG-A), and Signal B (SIG-B) within which some necessary information about PHY Service Data Unit (PSDU) attributes are communicated.
  • L-SIG Legacy Signal
  • SIG-A Signal A
  • SIG-B Signal B
  • PSDU PHY Service Data Unit
  • HE High Efficiency
  • a station refers to a non-AP HE STA
  • an AP refers to an HE AP.
  • IEEE Std 802.11ac SIG-A and SIG-B fields are called VHT SIG-A and VHT SIG-B fields.
  • IEEE Std 802.11ax SIG-A and SIG-B fields are respectively referred to as HE-SIG-A and HE-SIG-B fields.
  • FIG. 6A illustrates an HE PPDU 600 according to an embodiment.
  • a transmitting station generates the HE PPDU frame 600 and transmits it to one or more receiving stations.
  • the receiving stations receive, detect, and process the HE PPDU frame 600.
  • the HE PPDU frame 600 includes a Legacy Short Training Field (L-STF) 602, a Legacy (i.e., a Non-High Throughput (Non-HT)) Long Training Field (L-LTF) 604, a Legacy Signal (L-SIG) field 606, which together comprise a legacy preamble 601 and a Repeated L-SIG field (RL-SIG) 608.
  • L-STF Legacy Short Training Field
  • L-LTF Long Training Field
  • L-SIG Legacy Signal
  • the L-STF 604 of the HE PPDU has a periodicity of 0.8 ⁇ s with 10 periods.
  • the HE PPDU frame 600 also includes an HE Signal A (HE-SIG-A) field 610, an HE Signal B (HE-SIG-B) field 612, an HE-STF 614, an HE-LTF 616, and an HE-Data field 618.
  • the HE PPDU frame 600 includes a plurality of HE-SIG-B fields 612 corresponding to different channels, and respective pluralities of HE-STFs 614, HE-LTFs 616, and HE-Data fields 618 corresponding to different channels or resource units.
  • the legacy preamble 601, the RL-SIG field 608, the HE-SIG-A field 610, and the HE-SIG-B field 612 when present, comprise a first part of the HE PPDU frame 600.
  • the first part of the HE PPDU frame 600 is decoded using a 64-element Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT), having a basic subcarrier spacing of 312.5 KHz.
  • DFT Discrete Fourier Transform
  • the HE-SIG-A field 610 is duplicated on each 20 MHz segment after the legacy preamble to indicate common control information.
  • the HE-SIG-A field 610 includes a plurality of OFDM HE-SIG-A symbols 620 each having a duration (including a Guard Interval (GI)) of 4 ⁇ s.
  • GI Guard Interval
  • a number of the HE-SIG-A symbols 620 in the HE-SIG-A field 610 is determined as either 2 or 4 depending on a type of the HE PPDU 600.
  • an HE-SIG-A field 610 of an HE Extended Range Single User (SU) PPDU include 4 HE-SIG-A symbols 620, and HE-SIG-A fields 610 of other types of HE PPDU include 2 HE-SIG-A symbols 620.
  • SU HE Extended Range Single User
  • the HE-SIG-B field 612 is included in HE Multi-User (MU) PPDU(s).
  • the HE-SIG-B field 612 includes a plurality of OFDM HE-SIG-B symbols 622 each having a duration including a GI of 4 ⁇ s.
  • one or more of HE SU PPDUs, HE Tigger-based PPDUs, and HE Extended Range SU PPDUs do not include the HE-SIG-B field 612.
  • a number of the HE-SIG-B symbols 622 in the HE-SIG-B field 612 is indicated by N HE-SIGB in the HE-SIG-A field 610 and is variable.
  • the HE-SIG-B field 612 may be transmitted in first and second HE-SIG-B channels 1 and 2.
  • the HE-SIG-B field in the HE-SIG-B channel 1 is referred to as the HE-SIG-B1 field
  • the HE-SIG-B field in the HE-SIG-B channel 2 is referred to as the HE-SIG-B2 field.
  • the HE-SIG-B1 field and the HE-SIG-B2 field are communicated using different 20 MHz bandwidths of the HE PPDU 600, and may contain different information.
  • HE-SIG-B field may refer to an HE-SIG-B field of a 20 MHz PPDU, or to either or both of an HE-SIG-B1 field or HE-SIG-B2 field of a 40 MHz or more PPDU.
  • An HE-STF 614 of a non-trigger-based PPDU has a periodicity of 0.8 ⁇ s with 5 periods.
  • a non-trigger-based PPDU is a PPDU that is not sent in response to a trigger frame.
  • An HE-STF 614 of a trigger-based PPDU has a periodicity of 1.6 ⁇ s with 5 periods.
  • Trigger-based PPDUs include UL PPDUs sent in response to respective trigger frames.
  • the HE-LTF 616 includes one or more OFDM HE-LTF symbols 626 each having a duration of 12.8 ⁇ s plus a Guard Interval (GI).
  • the HE PPDU frame 600 may support a 2xLTF mode and a 4xLTF mode.
  • an HE-LTF symbol 626 excluding a Guard Interval (GI) is equivalent to modulating every other tone in an OFDM symbol of 12.8 ⁇ s excluding the GI, and then removing the second half of the OFDM symbol in a time domain.
  • a number of the HE-LTF symbols 626 in the HE-LTF field 616 is indicated by N HE-LTF , and is equal to 1, 2, 4, 6, or 8.
  • the HE-Data field 618 includes one or more OFDM HE-Data symbols 628 each having a duration of 12.8 ⁇ s plus a Guard Interval (GI).
  • GI Guard Interval
  • a number of the HE-Data symbols 628 in the HE-Data field 618 is indicated by N DATA and is variable.
  • FIG. 6B shows a Table 1 indicating additional properties of the fields of the HE PPDU frame 600 of FIG. 6A , according to an embodiment.
  • a station refers to a non-AP HE STA
  • an AP refers to an HE AP.
  • multi-user (MU) transmission refers to cases that multiple frames are transmitted to or from multiple STAs simultaneously using different resources, wherein examples of different resources are different frequency resources in OFDMA transmission and different spatial streams in MU-MIMO transmission. Therefore, DL-OFDMA, DL-MU-MIMO, UL-OFDMA, and UL-MU-MIMO are examples of MU transmission.
  • the IEEE Std 802.11ax may require more protection mechanisms for MU transmission than the DL MU-MIMO defined in the IEEE Std 802.11ac.
  • the first reason is that the IEEE Std 802.11ax operation scenario is different, in that it encompasses denser wireless environments and outdoor support. Also, the coverage of an IEEE Std 802.11ax BSS may be physically larger compared to an IEEE Std 802.11ac BSS. Both of these factors create a need for more robust protection mechanisms.
  • IEEE Std 802.11ax supports not only DL MU transmission but also UL MU transmission.
  • UL MU transmission As the number of frames that might be transmitted from each STA are larger, it requires more protection from other nearby transmitting STAs.
  • an AP may want to have more control of the medium by use of scheduled access mechanisms, which may involve more frequent use of OFDMA/MU-MIMO transmissions.
  • UL MU PPDUs (MU-MIMO or OFDMA) are sent as a response to a Trigger frame sent by the AP.
  • the Trigger frame may have enough STA specific information and respective assigned resource units to identify the STAs which are supposed to transmit UL MU PPDUs.
  • FIGS. 7A through 7D Four HE PPDU formats, illustrated in FIGS. 7A through 7D , are defined by the IEEE Std 802.11ax: HE SU PPDU, HE MU PPDU, HE extended range SU PPDU and HE trigger-based (TB) PPDU.
  • Elements in FIGS. 7A through 7D having reference characters of the form 7xx are substantially similar to elements of FIG. 6A having reference characters of the form 6xx, and descriptions thereof are therefore omitted for brevity.
  • the frames shown in FIGS. 7A through 7D also include a Packet Extension (PE) 730.
  • PE Packet Extension
  • FIG. 7A illustrates a format of a High Efficiency (HE) Single User (SU) PPDU 700A according to an embodiment.
  • the HE SU PPDU 700A is used for SU transmission and in this format the HE-SIG-A field 710 is not repeated.
  • the HE SU PPDU 700A does not have an HE-SIG-B field.
  • FIG. 7B illustrates a format of an HE Multi-User (MU) PPDU frame 700B according to an embodiment.
  • This format is used for MU transmissions that are not a response of a Trigger frame.
  • An HE-SIG-B field 712 is present in this format.
  • a number of symbols in the HE-SIG-B field 712 may be determined according to information in the HE-SIG-A field 710 (for example, an HE-SIG-B compression indication), a bandwidth of the PPDU frame 700B, and a number of User fields indicated in a Common field of the HE-SIG-B field 712 when the Common field is present in the HE-SIG-B field 712.
  • FIG. 7C illustrates a format of an HE Extended Range (ER) SU PPDU 700C according to an embodiment. This format is used for SU transmission and in this format the HE-SIG-A field 710 is repeated (as first and second HE-SIG-A field 710-1 and 710-2).
  • ER HE Extended Range
  • FIG. 7D illustrates a format of an HE Trigger-Based (TB) PPDU 700D according to an embodiment.
  • FIG. 8 illustrates a Trigger frame 800 according to an embodiment.
  • the Trigger frame 800 is used to allocate resources for a UL MU transmission and to solicit the UL MU transmission to be performed after (as a response to) the PPDU that carries the Trigger frame.
  • the Trigger frame also carries other information required by the responding STAs to send the UL MU transmission.
  • the Trigger frame 800 includes a Frame Control field 802, a Duration field 804, a Receiver Address (RA) field 806, a Transmitter Address (TA) field 808, a Common Info field 810, on or more User Info fields 812-x, optional Padding 814, and a Frame Check Sequence (FCS) field 816.
  • RA Receiver Address
  • TA Transmitter Address
  • FCS Frame Check Sequence
  • a value of the Frame Control field 802 indicates that the Trigger frame 800 is a trigger frame.
  • a value of the Duration field 804 indicates a length of the Trigger frame 800.
  • a value of the RA field 806 of the Trigger frame is the address of a recipient station or a broadcast address corresponding to one or more recipient stations.
  • a value of a TA field 804 of the Trigger frame is an address of the station transmitting the Trigger frame.
  • FIG. 9 illustrates a Common Info field 910 according to an embodiment.
  • the Common info field 910 is suitable for use as the Common info field 810 of the Trigger frame 800 of FIG. 8 .
  • the Common Info field 910 includes a Trigger Type subfield 922, a Length subfield 924, a Cascade Information subfield 926, a Carrier Sense (CS) Required subfield 928, a Bandwidth (BW) subfield 930, a Guard Interval (GI) and Long Training Field (LTF) Type subfield 932, a Number of HE-LTF Symbols subfield 936, a Space-Time Bloc Coding subfield 938, a Spatial Reuse subfield 946, a Doppler subfield 948, and a HE-SIG-A Reserved subfield 950.
  • the Common Info field 910 also includes a Trigger-Dependent Common Info subfield 954.
  • the Trigger Type subfield 922 that indicates a type of the Trigger frame.
  • the Trigger frame can include the optional type-specific Trigger Dependent Common Info field 954 and (in each of the Per User Info field(s) of the Trigger frame) optional Type-specific Per User Info fields.
  • the Length subfield 924 that indicates the value of an L-SIG Length field of an HE TB PPDU transmitted in response to the Trigger frame.
  • the Cascade Indication subfield 926 when set to 1 indicates that a subsequent Trigger frame follows the current Trigger frame, and that otherwise has a value of 0.
  • the CS Required subfield 928 being set to 1 indicates that station(s) identified in the Per User Info field(s) of the Trigger frame are required to use Energy Detect (ED) to sense the medium and to consider the medium state and a NAV in determining whether to respond to the Trigger frame.
  • the CS Required subfield 928 being set to 0 indicates that the station(s) identified in the Per User Info field(s) are not required to consider the medium state or the NAV in determining whether to respond to the Trigger frame.
  • the BW subfield 930 indicates a bandwidth in an HE-SIG-A field of an HE TB PPDU transmitted in response to the Trigger Frame.
  • the CP and LTF Type subfield 932 indicates a CP and an HE-LTF type of the HE TB PPDU transmitted in response to the Trigger frame.
  • the HE-SIG-A Reserved subfield 950 indicates contents of an HE-SIG-A field of the HE TB PPDU transmitted in response to the Trigger frame. In an embodiment, all values in the HE-SIG-A Reserved subfield are set to 1.
  • a Spatial Reuse (SR) subfield 946 provides spatial reuse information. For a communication using a 20 MHz BW the SR subfield 946 provides one SR field corresponding to entire 20 MHz, and the other 3 fields indicate identical values. For a communication using a 40 MHz BW the SR subfield 946 provides two SR field respectively corresponding to each 20 MHz, and the other 2 fields indicate identical values. For a communication using an 80 MHz BW the SR subfield 946 provides four SR field respectively corresponding to each 20 MHz. For a communication using a 160 MHz BW the SR subfield 946 provides four SR field respectively corresponding to each 40 MHz.
  • the Doppler subfield 948 supports proper performance even in outdoor mobility use cases.
  • a PPDU transmitted in response to the Trigger frame including the Common Info field 90 includes Mid-amble fields made up of multiple HE-LTFs that are inserted every mid-amble periodicity (M) data symbols, as described below.
  • M mid-amble periodicity
  • the Common Info field 910 may include a Mid-amble Interval (M) field 952, described below, indicating a number of data symbols between mid-ambles when the Doppler subfield 948 has a value of 1.
  • M Mid-amble Interval
  • FIG. 10 illustrates a User Info field 1012 according to an embodiment.
  • the User Info field 1012 is suitable for use as any or all of the User Info fields 812-x of the Trigger frame 800 of FIG. 8 .
  • the User Info field 1012 includes an 12-bit User Identifier indicating an Association ID (AID12) subfield 1020, a Resource Unit (RU) Allocation subfield 1022, a Coding Type subfield 1024, an MCS subfield 1026, a Dual Carrier Modulation (DCM) subfield 1028, and a Spatial Stream (SS) Allocation subfield 1030.
  • the User Info field 1012 may include a Trigger-Dependent User Info subfield 1036.
  • a User Identifier (AID12) subfield 1020 indicates an Association Identifier (AID) of a station allocated a Resource Unit (RU) in which to transmit one or more MPDU(s) in the HE TB PPDU transmitted in response to the Trigger frame.
  • the RU Allocation subfield 1022 indicating the RU to be used to transmit the HE TB PPDU of the station identified by User Identifier subfield.
  • a first bit of the RU Allocation subfield 1022 may indicate whether the allocated RU is located in a primary or a non-primary 80MHz.
  • the Coding Type subfield 1024 indicates a coding type of the HE TB PPDU transmitted in response to the Trigger frame of the station identified by the User Identifier subfield 1020, and set to 0 for BCC and to 1 for LDPC.
  • the MCS subfield 1026 indicates an MCS of the HE TB PPDU transmitted in response to the Trigger frame by the station identified by User Identifier field.
  • the Dual Carrier Modulation (DCM) subfield 1028 indicates dual carrier modulation of the HE TB PPDU transmitted in response to the Trigger frame by the station identified by User Identifier field 1020.
  • a value of 1 indicates that the HE TB PPDU shall use DCM, and a value of 0 indicates that it shall not.
  • the Spatial Stream (SS) Allocation subfield 1030 indicates spatial streams of the HE TB PPDU transmitted in response to the Trigger frame by the station identified by User Identifier field 1020.
  • FIG. 11 illustrates a PPDU 1100 used when the Doppler subfield 948 is set to 1, according to an embodiment.
  • the PPDU format 1100 mid-amble fields made up of one or more HE-LTFs 1106 M inserted every mid-amble periodicity (M) data symbols of the transmission, as described below.
  • the number of HE-LTFs 1106 M in each mid-amble field is equal to the number of HE-LTFs 1106 P in the preamble of the PPDU wherein HE-LTFs 1106 M and HE-LTFs 1106 P are defined as mid-amble HE-LTFs and preamble HE-LTFs, respectively.
  • the PPDU 1100 includes a first part 1102 corresponding to the first part of the PPDU 600 of FIG. 6 .
  • the first part 1102 is followed by an HE-STF 1104 and one or more preamble HE-LTFs 1106 P .
  • the first part 1102, HE-STF 1104, and one or more preamble HE-LTFs 1106 P correspond to a preamble of the PPDU 1100.
  • the PPDU 1100 After the preamble, the PPDU 1100 includes a first data portion 1108-1 including M data symbols. After the first data portion 1108-1, the PPDU 1100 includes a first mid-amble including one or more mid-amble HE-LTFs 1106 M . The duration of the first mid-amble is a mid-amble duration T MA .
  • the PPDU 1100 After the first mid-amble, the PPDU 1100 includes a second data portion 1108-2 including M data symbols. After the second data portion 1108-2, the PPDU 1100 includes a second mid-amble including one or more mid-amble HE-LTFs 1106 M . The duration of the second mid-amble is the mid-amble duration T MA .
  • the PPDU 1100 After the second mid-amble, the PPDU 1100 includes a third data portion 1108-3 including the remaining data symbols of the PPDU 1100. After the third data portion 1108-3, the PPDU 1100 includes a Packet Extension 1110.
  • the value of M is determined using information in a Common Info field of a Trigger frame soliciting the PPDU.
  • FIG. 12 illustrates signaling of a PPDU format according to an embodiment.
  • FIG. 12 illustrates first, second, and third PPDUs 1200a, 1200b, and 1200c each having a different format.
  • Each PPDU includes at least an L-SIG field 1202, a repeated L-SIG (RL-SIG) field 1204, at least first and second HE-SIG-A symbols 1206-1 and 1206-2, and an HE-STF 1210.
  • the device may detect the format of a PPDU based on a value of a Length field included in the L-SIG field 1202 and the rotated constellation of initial symbols of the HE-SIG-A field.
  • symbols having a horizontal bar beneath them are modulated using Binary Phase Shift Keying (BPSK).
  • Symbols having a vertical bar beneath them are modulated using Quadrature Binary Phase Shift Keying (QBPSK), that is, rotated BPSK.
  • BPSK Binary Phase Shift Keying
  • QBPSK Quadrature Binary Phase Shift Keying
  • PPDU 1200a is either an HE SU PPDU or an HE TB PPDU.
  • the PPDU format is either an HE extended range SU PPDU (indicated by second HE-SIG-A symbols 1206-2 being modulated using QBPSK) or an HE MU PPDU (indicated by second HE-SIG-A symbols 1206-2 being modulated using BPSK). Accordingly, in FIG.
  • PPDU 1200b is an HE extended range SU PPDU and includes third and fourth HE-SIG-A symbols 1206-3 and 1206-4 modulated using BPSK
  • PPDU 1200a is a HE MU PPDU and includes an HE-SIG-B field 1208, the HE-SIG-B field 1208 including a plurality of symbols.
  • Embodiments include processes for inserting mid-ambles into a PPDU according to the PPDU format, and processes for determining where the mid-ambles are inserted in a PPDU once the PPDU format is detected. How the mid-ambles are inserted in an HE PPDU could be different depending on the format of the PPDU.
  • FIG. 13 illustrates a process 1300, according to an embodiment, for determining a mid-amble periodicity M according to format of a PPDU.
  • the process 1300 may be used, for example, when Doppler subfield of a Common info field of a Trigger frame is set to 1. In such a case, the process 1300 may be used to determine the mid-amble periodicity M of a PPDU transmitted in response to the Trigger frame.
  • the process 1300 determines whether the PPDU format is any one of an HE SU, HE SU ER, or HE UL MU format.
  • the PPDU format may be determined according to one or more of a length in an L-SIG field, a modulation of a second symbol of an HE-SIG-A field, and a B0 bit of the HE-SIG-A field.
  • the process 1300 proceeds to S1312; otherwise, at S1302 the process 1300 proceeds to S1304.
  • the process 1300 determines whether the PPDU format is a multi-user HE DL MU format.
  • the PPDU format may be determined according to a length in an L-SIG field and a modulation of a second symbol of an HE-SIG-A field.
  • the process 1300 proceeds to S1314; otherwise, at S1304 the process 1300 proceeds to S1306.
  • the process 1300 determines whether the PPDU format is an HE Trigger-Based (TB) format for a PPDU. In response to the PPDU format being an HE TB format, at S1306 the process 1300 proceeds to S1316; otherwise, at S1306 the process 1300 exits.
  • TB Trigger-Based
  • the process 1300 determines the mid-amble periodicity M according to an MCS of the PPDU, and then exits.
  • the process 1300 determines the mid-amble periodicity M according to a highest MCS of the respective MCS values of the STA assigned to participate in the MU PPDU, and then exits.
  • the process 1300 determines the mid-amble periodicity M according to an a predetermined value, without regard to the values of assigned MCS in the Trigger frame that solicits the STAs to perform an UL MU transmission, and then exits.
  • the mid-amble periodicity M for Trigger-Based PPDUs could be signaled for all STAs participating in the TB PPDU in a field of the Trigger frame soliciting the TB PPDU, as previously described with respect to FIG. 9 .
  • the Doppler subfield 948 when the Doppler subfield 948 is set to a first state (e.g., 1), the mid-amble periodicity (M) subfield 952 has a value corresponding to a number of data symbols between mid-ambles.
  • the Doppler subfield 948 is set to a second state (e.g., 0)
  • the mid-amble periodicity (M) subfield 952 is reserved.
  • FIG. 14 illustrates a process 1400, according to another embodiment, for determining a mid-amble periodicity M according to format of a PPDU.
  • the process 1400 may be used, for example, when Doppler subfield of a Common info field of a Trigger frame is set to 1.
  • the process 1500 may be used to determine the mid-amble periodicity M of a PPDU transmitted in response to the Trigger frame.
  • the process 1400 determines whether the PPDU format is either the HE SU or HE SU ER format. In response to the PPDU format being either the HE SU or HE SU ER format, at S1402 the process 1400 proceeds to S1412; otherwise, at S1402 the process 1400 proceeds to S1404.
  • the process 1400 determines whether the PPDU format is a multi-user HE MU format (either UL or DL). In response to the PPDU format being a multi-user HE MU format, at S1404 the process 1400 proceeds to S1414; otherwise, at S1404 the process 1400 proceeds to S1406.
  • the process 1400 determines whether the PPDU format is an HE TB format for a PPDU. In response to the PPDU format being an HE TB format, at S1406 the process 1400 proceeds to S1416; otherwise, at S1406 the process 1400 exits.
  • the process 1400 determines the mid-amble periodicity M according to an MCS of the PPDU, and then exits.
  • the process 1400 determines the mid-amble periodicity M according to a highest MCS of the respective MCS values of the STA assigned to participate in the MU PPDU, and then exits.
  • the process 1400 determines the mid-amble periodicity M according to an MCS of the only one STA, and then exits.
  • the process 1400 determines the mid-amble periodicity M according to a predetermined value, without regard to the values of assigned MCS in the Trigger frame that solicits the STAs to perform an UL MU transmission, and then exits.
  • FIG. 15 illustrates a process 1500, according to another embodiment, for determining a mid-amble periodicity M according to format of a PPDU.
  • the process 1500 determines whether the PPDU format is either the HE SU or HE SU ER format. In response to the PPDU format being either the HE SU or HE SU ER format, at S1502 the process 1500 proceeds to S1512; otherwise, at S1502 the process 1500 proceeds to S1504.
  • the process 1500 determines whether the PPDU format is a multi-user HE MU format (either UL or DL). In response to the PPDU format being a multi-user HE MU format, at S1504 the process 1500 proceeds to S1516; otherwise, at S1504 the process 1500 proceeds to S1506.
  • the process 1500 determines whether the PPDU format is an HE Trigger-Based (TB) format for a PPDU. In response to the PPDU format being an HE TB format, at S1506 the process 1500 proceeds to S1516; otherwise, at S1506 the process 1500 exits.
  • TB Trigger-Based
  • the process 1500 determines the mid-amble periodicity M according to an MCS of the PPDU, and then exits.
  • the process 1500 determines the mid-amble periodicity M according to a predetermined value, regardless of any MCS values, and then exits.
  • FIG. 16 illustrates a process 1600, according to another embodiment, for determining a mid-amble periodicity M according to a format of a PPDU.
  • the process 1600 may be used when a Doppler subfield indicates the presence of mid-ambles in the PPDU.
  • the process 1600 determines whether the PPDU format is a first format.
  • the first format includes the HE SU format.
  • the first format includes the HE ER SU format.
  • the first format includes the single-user HE UL MU format.
  • the process 1600 proceeds to S1612; otherwise, at S1602 the process 1600 proceeds to S1604.
  • the process 1600 determines whether the PPDU format is a second format.
  • the second format includes the HE MU format.
  • the second format includes the HE DL MU format for more than one user.
  • the process 1600 proceeds to S1614; otherwise, at S1604 the process 1600 proceeds to S1606.
  • the process 1600 determines whether the PPDU format is a third format.
  • the third format includes the HE TB format.
  • the third format includes the HE MU format.
  • the process 1600 proceeds to S1616; otherwise, at S1606 the process 1600 proceeds to S1608.
  • the process 1600 determines whether the PPDU format is a fourth format.
  • the fourth format includes the HE TB format.
  • the process 1600 proceeds to S1618; otherwise, at S1608 the process 1600 exits.
  • the process 1600 determines the mid-amble periodicity M according to an MCS of the PPDU, and then exits.
  • the process 1600 determines the mid-amble periodicity M according to a highest values of MCS values of all assigned STAs in the PPDU. In an embodiment, only one STA could be assigned. The process 1600 then exits.
  • the process 1600 determines the mid-amble periodicity M according to a predetermined value, regardless of any MCS values, and then exits.
  • the process 1600 determines the mid-amble periodicity M according to a value indicated in a frame that solicits the STAs to send the PPDU in response to the frame, and then exits.
  • the soliciting frame could be a Trigger frame.
  • the HE PPDU format is considered in determining the mid-amble periodicity M.
  • a transmitter inserts a Mid-amble field after every mid-amble periodicity M OFDM data symbols encoded according to an MCS value of the PPDU.
  • Each mid-amble fields may be used to perform channel estimation for data symbols that follow the mid-amble field.
  • the mid-amble fields might not be lined up for the resource block allocated to the respective STAs, and as a result an FFT window may not line up across resource blocks, which may increase implementation complexity.
  • the MCS values for each assigned STA may be determined by all of the all STAs because the HE-SIG-B field that communicates the MCS values to the STAs is not beamformed.
  • the HE PPDU format is considered in determining the mid-amble periodicity M.
  • a transmitter inserts a Mid-amble field after every mid-amble periodicity M OFDM data symbol according to a maximum MCS value among the STAs participating in the DL HE MU PPDU.
  • Each mid-amble fields may be used to perform channel estimation for data symbols that follow the mid-amble field.
  • the mid-amble fields might not be lined up for the resource block allocated to the respective STAs, and as a result an FFT window may not line up across resource blocks, which may increase implementation complexity.
  • Implementation of an AP may be made easier if all mid-amble feeds from all users in an UL MU transmission end at a same point.
  • the HE PPDU format is considered in determining the mid-amble periodicity M for HE trigger-based (TB) PPDUs of the UL HE MU transmission.
  • TB HE trigger-based
  • Each STA determines all MCS values in each user info field of the Trigger frame.
  • a responding STA inserts a Mid-amble field on every mid-amble periodicity M data symbols based on the maximum MCS value among assigned STAs.
  • the AP receives the HE TB PPDUs from the assigned STAs, the location and length of Mid-amble field can be determined according to the maximum MCS value among assigned STAs.
  • the HE PPDU format is considered in determining the mid-amble periodicity M for HE TB PPDUs transmitted in response to the Trigger frame.
  • the mid-amble periodicity M has a predetermined value, and therefore each STA does not need to see all MCS values in each user info field of the Trigger frame.
  • a responding STA inserts Mid-amble field after the pre-determined mid-amble periodicity M data symbols regardless of MCS values assigned for STAs in UL transmission.
  • the location and length of Mid-amble field can be expected based on the pre-determined mid-amble periodicity M value.
  • FIG. 17 illustrates a PPDU 1700 including mid-ambles according to an embodiment.
  • the PPDU 100 includes a preamble 1702, first, second, and third data portions 1706-1, 1706-2, and 1706-3, first and second mid-ambles 1708-1 and 1708-2, and a Packet Extension (PE) 1710.
  • the first data portion 1706-1 starts with a first data symbol 1706S1 followed by a second data symbol 1706S2, and ends with a seventh data symbol 1706S7.
  • the second data portion 1706-2 starts with an eighth data symbol 1706S8.
  • the mid-amble periodicity M is equal to 7.
  • a first channel estimation 1722-1 is performed using the preamble 1702 to produce parameters for a first equalization 1724-1 to be performed on the symbols of the first data portion 1706-1.
  • a second channel estimation 1722-2 is performed using the first mid-amble 1708-1 to produce parameters for a second equalization 1724-2 to be performed on the symbols of the second data portion 1706-2.
  • a third channel estimation 1722-3 is performed using the second mid-amble 1708-2 to produce parameters for a third equalization 1724-3 to be performed on the symbols of the third data portion 1706-3.
  • a Space-Time Block Coding STBC process has been implemented to provide stable performance in edge areas of an AP's coverage.
  • STBC operation pairs two OFDM symbols and transmits the paired symbols in consecutive time slots, and a receiver decodes the paired symbols together. For example, when the PPDU 1700 is transmitted using STBC, the first data symbol 1706S1 is paired with the second data symbol 1706S2, the third, with the fourth, and so on.
  • the system needs to wait to get the new channel information from the second channel estimation 1722-2 in order to decode the two OFDM symbol together, and needs to have a two times bigger buffer size in order to store the two different channel information together (here, the results of the first channel estimation 1722-1 using the preamble 1702 and the results of the second channel estimation 1722-2 using the first mid-amble 1708-1).
  • a transmitter when STBC is enabled and a Doppler subfield is set to a first state to indicate the transmitted PPDU includes one or more mid-amble fields, a transmitter inserts Mid-amble fields after every mid-amble periodicity M OFDM data symbols of a PPDU. If a mid-amble field is located between two OFDM symbols paired for STBC operation, the mid-amble field is shifted to the location after the two paired OFDM symbols.
  • a transmitter when STBC is enabled and a Doppler subfield is set to a first state to indicate the transmitted PPDU includes one or more mid-amble fields, a transmitter inserts Mid-amble fields after every mid-amble periodicity M OFDM data symbols of a PPDU. If a Mid-amble field is located between two OFDM symbols to be paired for STBC operation the Mid-amble field is shifted to the location before the two paired OFDM symbols.
  • the location and length of Mid-amble field can be determined.
  • the value of the mid-amble periodicity M is always an even number, and as a result the Mid-amble field always occurs before or after two OFDM data symbols paired for STBC operation, and never occurs between the paired symbols.
  • the Doppler subfield is set to the first state (e.g. 1) indicating the presence of one or more mid-ambles
  • the data in transmitted in a number of OFDM data symbols N SYM .
  • the number of data symbols N SYM can be determined by:
  • N MA is the number of mid-ambles
  • M is the mid-amble periodicity
  • SE is 0 us when the transmission is in a 5GHz band and is 6 us when the transmission is in a 2.4 GHz band
  • T PA is duration of HE preamble as described with respect to FIGS. 7A through 7D
  • T SYM is duration of a OFDM data symbol
  • T PE is duration of Packet Extension (which Packet Extensions consists of random values whose average power is that same as the average power of the OFDM data symbols and secures additional receive processing time)
  • m is 1 for an HE MU PPDU or HE ER SU PPDU, and 2 otherwise.
  • T MA is duration of Mid-amble field, which in an embodiment may include a duration of a HE-STF T HE-STF , and in another embodiment may not include the duration of a HE-STF T HE-STF .
  • a receiver When a receiver receives an HE PPDU, it needs to determine how many OFDM data symbols, N SYM , are transmitted and what amount of time, T PE , can be secured for RX processing.
  • N SYM ⁇ L _ LENGTH + m + 3 3 ⁇ 4 ⁇ T PA ⁇ N MA T MA / T SYM ⁇ ⁇ b PE ⁇ Disambiguity wherein b PE-Disambiguity is the value of a PE Disambiguity bit in the HE-SIG-A field of the PPDU.
  • the receiver may determine the number of OFDM data symbols N SYM using Equation 5, but the number of mid-ambles N MA in Equation 5 is a function of N SYM .
  • the number of OFDM symbols N SYM cannot be directly calculated by the receiver, and implementation of the determination of the number of OFDM data symbols N SYM in received PPDUs including one or more mid-ambles can increase the system complexity compared to the case where a mid-amble field is not included in the PPDU. Eliminating the circular dependency of Equations 4 and 5 is difficult because of, for example, the non-linear elements of the equations, such as the floor operations (i.e., ⁇ x ⁇ ) is each equation.
  • Embodiments reduce the complexity of a device configured to receive HE PPDUs including mid-ambles by using novel processes for determining the number of OFDM symbols N SYM used for data symbols and the Packet Extension duration T PE of the received HE PPDU.
  • Equation 5 In order to determine the number of OFDM data symbols N SYM at a receiving device, the use of Equation 5 might be considered. But Equation 5 requires that the value of the number of mid-ambles N MA be known, and Equation 4 establishes that the number of mid-ambles N MA is a function of the number of OFDM data symbols N SYM . Therefore the number of OFDM data symbols N SYM cannot be directly calculated using Equation 5 when a Doppler subfield of an HE-SIG-A field of the PPDU being received is set to the first state (e.g. 1), indicating that one or more mid-ambles are present. Accordingly a new equation and new assumptions are needed to determine N SYM . The new equations may be derived as follows:
  • Step A3) from Step A1 and Step A2, the following equations can be derived: L _ LENGTH + m + 3 3 ⁇ 4 ⁇ T PA ⁇ N MA T MA T SYM M ⁇ N MA + n 0 + b PE ⁇ Disam biguity + ⁇ .
  • N MA L _ LENGTH + m + 3 3 ⁇ 4 ⁇ T PA ⁇ T SYM n 0 + b PE ⁇ Disam biguity + ⁇ T MA + M ⁇ T SYM
  • Step A4) from the above, minimum and maximum possible values of n 0 and ⁇ may be used to determine minimum ( N MA_MIN ) and maximum ( N MA_MAX ) possible values for the number of mid-ambles N MA :
  • the process may determine the number of OFDM data symbols N SYM according to Equation 5 and the Packet Extension duration T PE may be determined according to Equation 6.
  • the process using Equation 18 to determine the number of mid-ambles N MA does not need to first determine the value of N SYM in order to do so.
  • the process may determine the number of OFDM data symbols N SYM according to Equation 5 and the Packet Extension duration T PE may be determined according to Equation 6.
  • Equations 17 and 18 can be generalized to cover other similar relationships between the number of mid-ambles N MA and the number of OFDM data symbols N SYM .
  • Equation 4 would indicate two 2 mid-ambles when the number of OFDM data symbols N SYM is equal to twice the mid-amble periodicity M. This would produce a PPDU as shown in FIG. 18 .
  • FIG. 18 illustrates a PPDU 1800 according to an embodiment. Elements of FIG. 18 having reference characters of the form 18XX or 18XX-X are similar to elements of FIG. 17 having respective reference characters of the form 17XX or 17XX-X, and descriptions thereof are omitted for brevity.
  • the PPDU 1800 includes 2 ⁇ M OFDM data symbols, where M is the mid-amble periodicity.
  • M is the mid-amble periodicity.
  • a mid-amble 1808-1 is inserted after the first M OFDM data symbols, and because the embodiment was according to Equation 4, another (unnecessary) mid-amble 1826 was inserted after the last OFDM data symbol.
  • the mid-amble 1826 is unnecessary because the Packet Extension (PE) 1810 is not an OFDM symbols to be decoded, and therefore the third channel estimation 1822-3 and third equalization 1824-3 are not needed.
  • PE Packet Extension
  • a transmitter determines the number of OFDM data symbols N SYM used in a HE PPDU according to Equation 1 or Equation 2, as appropriate, and the Length field of the L-SIG of the HE PPDU according to Equation 3.
  • a receiver When a receiver receives the HE PPDU, it needs to derive how many OFDM data symbols N SYM , that will be decoded to produce data, are being transmitted in the received HE PPDU and what amount of additional time, the Packet Extension duration T PE , is being provided for receive processing. Equations for doing so may be derived as follows:
  • Step B3) from Step B1 and Step B2, the following equations can be derived: L _ LENGTH + m + 3 3 ⁇ 4 ⁇ T PA ⁇ N MA T MA T SYM M ⁇ N MA + 1 + n 0 + b PE ⁇ Disambiguity + ⁇ .
  • N MA L _ LENGTH + m + 3 3 ⁇ 4 ⁇ T PA ⁇ T SYM 1 + n 0 + b PE ⁇ Disambiguity + ⁇ T MA + M ⁇ T SYM
  • Step B4) from the above, minimum and maximum possible values of n 0 and ⁇ may be used to determine minimum ( N MA_MIN ) and maximum ( N MA_MAX ) possible values for the number of mid-ambles N MA :
  • the process may determine the number of OFDM data symbols N SYM according to Equation 5 and the Packet Extension duration T PE determined according to Equation 6.
  • the process using Equation 31 to determine the number of mid-ambles N MA does not need to first determine the value of N SYM in order to do so.
  • the process may determine the number of OFDM data symbols N SYM according to Equation 5 and the Packet Extension duration T PE determined according to Equation 6.
  • FIG. 20 illustrates a PPDU 2000 according to an embodiment. Elements of FIG. 20 having reference characters of the form 20XX or 20XX-X are similar to elements of FIG. 17 having respective reference characters of the form 17XX or 17XX-X, and descriptions thereof are omitted for brevity.
  • the illustrative PPDU 2000 includes 2M+ ⁇ OFDM data symbols, where M is the mid-amble periodicity.
  • M is the mid-amble periodicity.
  • ⁇ 1.
  • a mid-amble 2008-1 is inserted after the first M OFDM data symbols, and because the embodiment was according to Equation 4 (or Equation 19), another (unnecessary) mid-amble 2026 before the last OFDM data symbol 2006-2M+1 and the PE 2010.
  • the mid-amble 2026 is unnecessary because the equalization necessary to decode the last OFDM data symbol 2006-2M+1 is probably substantially the same as the equalization needed to receive the second-to-the-last OFDM data symbol 2006-2M and the Packet Extension (PE) 2010 is not an OFDM symbols to be decoded. Therefore, the third channel estimation 2022-3 and third equalization 2024-3 are not needed, which means the unnecessary mid-amble 2026 is not needed.
  • a transmitter determines the number of OFDM symbols N SYM used for encoding data symbols in a HE PPDU according to Equation 1 or Equation 2, as appropriate, and the Length field of the L-SIG of the HE PPDU according to Equation 3.
  • ⁇ 1.
  • Equations for doing so may be derived as follows:
  • Step C3) from Step C1 and Step C2, the following equations can be derived: L _ LENGTH + m + 3 3 ⁇ 4 ⁇ T PA ⁇ N MA T MA T SYM M ⁇ N MA + M + ⁇ ⁇ n 0 + b PE ⁇ Disambiguity + ⁇ .
  • N MA L _ LENGTH + m + 3 3 ⁇ 4 ⁇ T PA ⁇ T SYM M + ⁇ ⁇ n 0 + b PE ⁇ Disambiguity + ⁇ T MA + M ⁇ T SYM
  • Step C4) from the above, minimum and maximum possible values of n 0 and ⁇ may be used to determine minimum ( N MA_MIN ) and maximum ( N MA_MAX ) possible values for the number of mid-ambles N MA :
  • the process may determine the number of OFDM data symbols N SYM according to Equation 5 and the Packet Extension duration T PE may be determined according to Equation 6.
  • the process using Equation 31B to determine the number of mid-ambles N MA does not need to first determine the value of N SYM in order to do so.
  • the process may determine the number of OFDM data symbols N SYM according to Equation 5 and the Packet Extension duration T PE may be determined according to Equation 6.
  • Equations 19 and 19B generate the same value for the number of mid-ambles N MA at the receive side.
  • N MA ⁇ ⁇ N SYM ⁇ 1 M ⁇ ⁇ 1 0 when Doppler subfield indicates mid-ambles , otherwise .
  • ⁇ is a predetermined value.
  • a process determines a number of OFDM data symbols N SYM and a Packet-extension duration T PE for a received HE PPDU as follows:
  • N MA ⁇ ⁇ L _ LENGTH + M + 3 3 ⁇ 4 ⁇ T PA / T SYM ⁇ ⁇ b PE ⁇ Disambiguity + 1 T MA / T SYM + M ⁇ .
  • T _ N SYM The estimated number of OFDM symbols T _ N SYM needs to be verified by determining whether T_T PE is less than 0 to obtain a final value for N SYM .
  • the PE duration T PE is then determined according to Equation 6, above.
  • FIG. 19 illustrates features of a PPDU 1900 including a mid-amble 1908 according to an embodiment.
  • the PPDU 1900 also includes an L-SIG field 1902, an HE Preamble 1904, first and second portions of a Data field 1906-1 and 1906-2, and a Packet Extension (PE) 1910.
  • a duration of the HE Preamble 1904 is indicated by T PA .
  • a combined duration of the mid-ambles of the PPDU is indicated by T HE_MIDAMBLE .
  • a duration of the PE 1910 is indicated by T PE .
  • a length from the end of the L-SIG field 1902 to beyond an end of the PPDU is equal to a value L_LENGTH of a length field of the L-SIG field 1902 plus a number of Service bits (16) at the beginning of the first portion of the Data field 1906-1 plus a number of Tail bits (6) at the end of the last (here, second) portion of the Data field 1906-2 plus m, m is 1 for an HE MU PPDU or HE ER SU PPDU, and 2 otherwise.
  • T PE is not known without N SYM in a receiver of an HE PPDU, (( T PE + ⁇ )/ T SYM ) is temporarily ignored, and the impact of this term will be verified later.
  • Step D5) find minimum value and maximum value of the number of mid-ambles N MA to find the boundary:
  • a process determined the number of OFDM data symbols N SYM and a Packet-extension duration T PE for a received HE PPDU is determined as follows:
  • T _ N SYM The estimated number of OFDM symbols T _ N SYM needs to be verified by determining whether T_T PE is less than 0 to obtain a final value for N SYM .
  • the PE duration T PE is then determined according to Equation 6, above.
  • T PE is not known without N SYM in a receiver of an HE PPDU, (( T PE + ⁇ )/ T SYM ) is temporarily ignored, and the impact of this term will be verified later.
  • Step E2) from the above: T _ N SYM M ⁇ N MA + n 0 + 1 , 0 ⁇ n 0 ⁇ M ⁇ 1
  • Step E5) find minimum value and maximum value of N MA to find the boundary:
  • T _ N SYM ⁇ L _ LENGTH + m + 3 3 ⁇ 4 ⁇ T PA T SYM ⁇ ⁇ b PE ⁇ Disambigui ty ⁇ ⁇ N MA T MA T SYM ⁇
  • the error condition PHYRXEND.indication(CarrierLost) shall be reported to the MAC.
  • the PHY shall set the PHY-CCA.indication (IDLE) primitive and return to the RX IDLE state.
  • RXTIME 20 + T PA + N SYM T SYM + N MA T MA + T PE + SE .
  • T MA N HE ⁇ LTF T HE ⁇ LTF + T HE ⁇ STF Note that the duration of HE-STF T HE-STF could be omitted from Equation 20.
  • FIG. 21 illustrates a process 2100, according to an embodiment, for receiving a PPDU having a data field that includes mid-ambles.
  • the symbols may be symbols in a data field of the PPDU into which mid-ambles are inserted.
  • the process 2100 may be performed by a wireless device including a receiver, and the wireless device may include a processor configured to perform the process 2100.
  • the third symbol may be a symbol of a Legacy Signal (L-Sig) field.
  • the third and fourth symbols are modulated using BPSK
  • the third symbol is an L-SIG field symbol
  • the fourth symbol carries a duplicate of the contents of the L-SIG field
  • the PPDU being received is an HE PPDU
  • determining the format may further include receiving fifth and sixth symbols, and determining the format of the PPDU being received according to a value of a Length field of the L-SIG field modulo 3 and the modulation methods of the fifth and sixth symbols, as described with respect to FIG. 12 .
  • the process 2100 determines whether the PPDU being received is an HE PPDU. In response to determining that the PPDU being received is an HE PPDU, at S2104 the process 2100 proceeds to S2106; otherwise the process 2100 exits.
  • the process 2100 determines whether the PPDU being received is an HE Multi-User (MU) or HE Extended Range Single User (ER SU) PPDU. In response to determining that the PPDU being received is either an HE MU PPDU or an HE ER SU PPDU, at S2106 the process 2100 proceeds to S2110; otherwise the process 2100 proceeds to S2108.
  • MU HE Multi-User
  • ER SU HE Extended Range Single User
  • the process S2100 sets a modifier m to 1 in response to the PPDU being received being neither an HE MU PPDU nor an HE ER SU PPDU, then proceeds to S2112.
  • the process S2100 sets a modifier m to 2 in response to the PPDU being received being either an HE MU PPDU or an HE ER SU PPDU, then proceeds to S2112.
  • the process S2100 decodes an HE Signal A (HE-SIG-A) field.
  • HE-SIG-A HE Signal A
  • decoding the HE-SIG-A field includes receiving and decoding the fifth through eighth symbols of the PPDU being received.
  • the PPDU being received is an HE MU PPDU, an HE TB PPDU, or an HE SU PPDU
  • decoding the HE-SIG-A field includes receiving and decoding the fifth through sixth symbols of the PPDU being received.
  • the process S2100 determines whether the HE-SIG-A field indicates that the PPDU being received include mid-ambles. In an embodiment, the process S2100 determines that the PPDU being received includes mid-ambles in response to a Doppler field of the HE-SIG-A field has a value (for example, 1) corresponding to a first state, and determines that the PPDU being received does not include mid-ambles when the Doppler field does not have the value corresponding to the first state (i.e., has a value other than the value corresponding to the first state.)
  • the process 2100 proceeds to S2116; otherwise the process 2100 exits.
  • the process 2100 determines values of an L-SIG Length field L_LENGTH, a Packet Extension (PE) Disambiguity bit b PE-Disambiguity , an HE-LTF duration T HE-LTF , a preamble duration T PA , a mid-amble duration T MA , a duration of a symbol of a data field of the PPDU being received T SYM (hereinafter, data symbol duration T SYM ), and a midamble periodicity M .
  • PE Packet Extension
  • the process 2100 determines the value of the L-SIG Length field L_LENGTH using the received L-SIG field of the PPDU being received.
  • the process 2100 determines the values of the PE Disambiguity bit b PE-Disambiguity , the mid-amble periodicity M , and the data symbol duration T SYM using information in the HE-SIG-A field in accordance with an applicable standard.
  • the applicable standard is the IEEE Std 802.11ax or a successor thereto.
  • the process 2100 determines the HE-LTF duration T HE-LTF corresponding to the duration of HE-LTFs included in the PPDU being received using information in the HE-SIG-A field in accordance with the applicable standard.
  • the HE-LTF duration T HE-LTF includes a duration of a guard interval included in each HE-LTF.
  • the process 2100 determines the value of the preamble duration T PA as being equal to a sum of a duration of the RL-SIG field (4 ⁇ s), a duration of the HE-SIG-A field (16 ⁇ s for an HE ER SU PPDU, 8 ⁇ s otherwise), a duration of an HE-SIG-B field if present (variable), a duration of an HE-STF (8 ⁇ s for an HE TB PPDU, 4 ⁇ s otherwise), and the combined durations of one or more HE-LTFs immediately following the HE-STF (hereinafter, the number of which is referred to as a number of HE-LTFs N HE-LTF ).
  • the process 2100 determines the number of HE-LTFs N HE-LTF using information in the HE-SIG-A field in accordance with the applicable standard.
  • the process 2100 determines a value of a number of mid-ambles N MA using the values determined at S2116.
  • the value of the number of mid-ambles N MA is determined according to Equation 30B, above, using a value of ⁇ prescribed by the applicable standard, wherein ⁇ is an integer value greater than or equal to zero indicating a number of data symbols in excess of the mid-amble periodicity M allowed at the end of a data field without requiring the insertion of another mid-amble.
  • the value of the number of mid-ambles N MA is determined according to Equation 31B, above, using the value of ⁇ prescribed by the applicable standard. In embodiments, the value of ⁇ is 0. In other embodiments, the value of ⁇ is 1.
  • the process 2100 determines a value of number of data symbols N SYM and a value of a PE duration T PE .
  • the process 2100 determines the value of the number of data symbols N SYM according to Equation 5, above, and then determines the value of the PE duration T PE according to Equation 6, above.
  • the process 2100 receives a data field of the PPDU being received using the information determined in S2102 through S2120.
  • Receiving the data field may include iteratively receiving a number of data symbols equal to the mid-amble periodicity M and a mid-amble that immediately follows the data symbols until the number of mid-ambles received is equal to the number of mid-ambles N MA determined at S2118.
  • Each mid-amble consists of N HE-LTF HE-LTFs.
  • N remain N SYM ⁇ M ⁇ N MA
  • FIG. 22 illustrates a process 2222, according to an embodiment, for receiving a data field of a PPDU including mid-ambles.
  • the process 2222 may be performed in S2122 of the process 2100 of FIG. 21 .
  • the process 2222 initializes a loop counter N to 1.
  • the process 2222 receives an N th plurality of consecutive data symbols, wherein the number of data symbols in each plurality of consecutive data symbols equals the mid-amble periodicity M .
  • the process 2222 receives an N th mid-amble.
  • the process 2222 increments the loop counter N by 1.
  • the process 2222 receives the remaining data symbols.
  • the number of remaining data symbols may be determined according to Equation 82, above.
  • Embodiments of the present disclosure include electronic devices configured to perform one or more of the operations described herein. However, embodiments are not limited thereto.
  • Embodiments of the present disclosure may further include systems configured to operate using the processes described herein.
  • the systems may include basic service sets (BSSs) such as the BSSs 100 of FIG. 1 , but embodiments are not limited thereto.
  • BSSs basic service sets
  • Embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented in the form of program instructions executable through various computer means, such as a processor or microcontroller, and recorded in a non-transitory computer-readable medium.
  • the non-transitory computer-readable medium may include one or more of program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like.
  • the program instructions may be adapted to execute the processes and to generate and decode the frames described herein when executed on a device such as the wireless devices shown in FIG. 1 .
  • the non-transitory computer-readable medium may include a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), or a flash memory.
  • the non-transitory computer-readable medium may include a magnetic, optical, or magneto-optical disc such as a hard disk drive, a floppy disc, a CD-ROM, and the like.
  • an embodiment of the invention may be an apparatus (e.g., an AP station, a non-AP station, or another network or computing device) that includes one or more hardware and software logic structure for performing one or more of the operations described herein.
  • the apparatus may include a memory unit, which stores instructions that may be executed by a hardware processor installed in the apparatus.
  • the apparatus may also include one or more other hardware or software elements, including a network interface, a display device, etc.

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